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Sat. May 16 – Protest Against Censorship at KPFA – Anti-Vaccination Broadcast Censored

by Gypsy Taub (gypsytaub [at] gmail.com)
Dozens of listeners gathered in front of KPFA on May 16 to protest censorship of Gary Null's appearance on Guns-n-Butter and his DVD "Silent Epidemic - the Untold Story of Vaccines". Program director Laura Prives feels that it is her job to censor content that is inconvenient to her. Gary Null would have talked about the dangers of vaccines in his interview. It was to be aired at a crucial time when sb277, forced vaccination bill, was moving through senate committees. It's hard to think that it was a coincidence that Gary NUll's interview was censored then. The censored film was projected on the wall of KPFA at 8 pm the same night.
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KPFA program director Laura Prives censored an anti-vaccination broadcast on Guns-n-Butter.

Bonnie Faulkner, the host of Guns-n-Butter on KPFA, was planning to interview Gary Null about the dangers of vaccines. His DVD called “Silent Epidemic – the Untold Story of Vaccines” (available on Youtube) was to be offered as a premium during the spring fund drive. The interview was supposed to air as SB277, the Senate Bill that would force all Californian school children to be vaccinated, moving through committees. The censorship of the interview came at a critical time when public outrage against the bill was gaining momentum and could have potentially killed the bill had the public been more informed and more involved. Gary Null’s interview and film could have potentially been the catalyst needed to tip the scale in the right direction and get SB277 killed.

Instead, KPFA program director Laura Prives single-handedly decided that she has the right to censor Gary Null who is a nationally acclaimed and widely respected expert on health issues and a natural health advocate. Gary Null has had his own radio show on WBAI (a radio station that is part of the same network as Pacifica or KPFA radio) for 35 years. Laura Prives claims that he is not credible enough to appear as a guest on KPFA. How is it that Gary is credible enough to have his own radio show on the same network for 35 years but not credible enough to appear in an interview – is beyond me. It is also beyond me that the program director was able to successfully censor Gary Null without the approval of the board. Not that the board should have the right to censor – it should not. But who gave Laura Prives such absolute power of censorship?

Laura Prives also accuses Gary Null of using his products for fund drives which is against the FCC rules. But her accusations which turn out to be grossly unfounded.

On May 9 we went to the KPFA board meeting to protest the censorship. You can watch the videos on my blog here:

http://www.mynakedtruth.tv/2015/05/sat-may-16-protest-against-censorship-at-kpfa-anti-vaccination-broadcast-censored/

On May 16 dozens of listeners gathered in front of KPFA headquarters on MLK in Berkeley to protest the censorship. You can hear the KPFA evening news report about our protest and watch the rally itself on my blog (the KPFA report is in the very beginning of the video):

http://www.mynakedtruth.tv/2015/05/sat-may-16-protest-against-censorship-at-kpfa-anti-vaccination-broadcast-censored/

Later that night we projected the censored film “Silent Epidemic – the Untold Story of Vaccines” on the wall of KPFA. A small crowd gathered to watch it.

Under the pressure from the listeners and the Board of directors, KPFA program director Laura Prives issued a statement explaining why she felt it was her job to censor Gary Null. Gary Null sent an amazing response to her slanderous accusations.

Here is an excerpt from Gary Null’s response:

"Your personal attack on my motives -- by accusing me of profiting from the use of my products and supplements as Pacifica premiums -- is grossly unfounded, and one of the typical lies that prevails among the ideologues and enemies of free speech at KPFA. I have instructed my publishers, such as Seven Story press, to offer books to WBAI at such a low cost that my royalties were reduced so the station could earn more money.

The great irony is that for almost 35 years I refused to promote any of my products on WBAI or Pacifica. Only in recent years did that change, when WBAI’s then-Program Director Tony Bates and General Manager Berthold Reimers pleaded with me to do so, and I acceded to their wishes. My personal preference is to not pitch any of my own products as premiums, as former and current station managers of WBAI, KPFK and WPFW can verify.

Your assumption that I am in some kind of “racket,” and that I work only for financial gain, is delusional and an outright lie. During the past 45 years I have privately counseled tens of thousands of individuals without ever charging a penny. Rarely do I accept money for public lectures and appearances. For 31 years I hosted a weekly 6-hour program on KPFK, for 30 years a daily program on WPFW and every weekday for 39 years a program on WBAI. Although I was offered a producer’s salary, I did not accept it, because I was more committed to Pacifica’s mission of free speech than to personal financial gain. But had I chosen to accept producer’s salaries for all those years, Pacifica would have owed me approximately $2.7 million. In addition, I have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars of free premiums over the years to Pacifica stations. Even in 2014, I donated engineering equipment for WBAI’s studio as well as office furnishings."

You can hear the full response at the end of the protest video or read it on Guns-n-Butter website:

http://www.gunsandbutter.org/blog/2015/05/17/gary-nulls-response-to-being-censored-on-guns-and-butter

You can hear the censored interview of Gary Null here:

https://soundcloud.com/guns-and-butter-1/vaccines-what-youre-not-being-told-part-one-gary-null-320

https://soundcloud.com/guns-and-butter-1/vaccines-what-youre-not-being-told-part-two-gary-null-321

Hundreds of people (mostly children) in America alone die every year from vaccination. Fatalities due to the diseases themselves are close to zero. In the past 10 years 108 people died from measles vaccine, and zero people died from measles itself. Ironically, it’s the freshly vaccinated children that are spreading the viruses, not the vaccine-free children.

Senate Bill SB277 would make it mandatory for all school children in California to be fully vaccinated (they want your child to have about 46 vaccines in the first 5 years of their life). Vaccines not only kill hundreds every year, they also create skyrocketing numbers of autistic children and cause other disabilities.

Forced vaccination violates the Nuremberg Code which was established when the crimes of Nazi Germany were exposed. The Nuremberg Code states that voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential.

We need to defeat SB277! For more info please visit http://www.SB277.org




§Vaccines What You're Not Being Told, Part One - Gary Null
by Gypsy Taub
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by Q.R.
I agree that governments do not have the right to force medical treatment on people. There are cases where specific vaccines are contra-indicated for a specific patient. Medical decisions are for the patient, with the help of an informed medical professional.

However, if you have evidence that vaccines cause autism, please post specific links to current research.

The major source for concern that vaccines could induce autism was a bogus study that was written by a trial lawyer. The scientific journal that let it slip through the review process has since redacted it. Science is not like religion, science wants to acknowledge and track failed processes for future reference. To redact an article is huge, it is to say that even the failings of the study have no merit.

There are plenty of things to be cynical about, such as the current for-profit model of preventative medicine, the lax oversight in many professional peer-reviewed journals, the alleged distribution of phony vaccines by intelligence officials as a way to infiltrate a population. Please review the last few years regarding the alleged autism link, though, as the past few years have uncovered a lot.

And yes, continue to resist health care mandates.
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